Motorcyclists will ride for charity

LOGAN — Motorcyclists are invited to participate in a 100-mile charity ride to benefit local children with special needs.

The local ride is set for Sunday, July 5, and will begin and end at the south pavilion at Merlin Olson Park. The event is being held in conjunction with the eighth annual Alaska Motorcycle Charity Run that goes from Florida to Alaska and back.

Riders will head north to Preston at 3 p.m. and bike across Emigration Canyon to the north end of Bear Lake. There they will meet up with 10 riders from across the United States.

The initial leg of the trip will begin July 1 in St. Augustine, Fla., and end there a month later. The group of riders is being led for the fifth time by Mike Tuccelli, a deaf professor at the University of Florida.

Proceeds benefit the SKI-HI Institute at Utah State University, whose mission is to enhance the lives of young children with sensory disabilities and their families. Pledges and registration information, as well as details about the ride, can be found at skihi.org.